Plate tectonics, oceans and continents may be the secret ingredients for complex life on Earth. And if these geological features are rare elsewhere in the universe, that may explain why we haven’t yet discovered intelligent alien life. New research from American and Swiss geoscientists suggests that these ingredients represent missing variables in the famous Drake … Read more
People have been sharing stories about giants for thousands of years, from the Cyclops of Greek mythology to the Biblical Goliath. But are these just tall tales, or have giant humans really walked this earth? If you consider an almost 3 meter tall human to be a giant, then yes. Robert Wadlow, the tallest person … Read more
A NEW generation of AI-designed deep fakes has raised the bar even higher when it comes to how difficult it is to spot manipulated images and video. From a first-person perspective of running through a lush green rainforest to a bird’s-eye view of an abandoned city, AI startup Runway on Monday demonstrated how the latest … Read more
NASA has plans to return astronauts to the moon’s surface in the near future. Next year, four astronauts will orbit the moon. “We don’t have to go back to the moon just for the moon. We go back to learn new things. So we can go to Mars and beyond,” said Administrator Bill Nelson. The … Read more
NASA has plans to return astronauts to the moon’s surface in the near future. Next year, four astronauts will orbit the moon. “We don’t have to go back to the moon just for the moon. We go back to learn new things. So we can go to Mars and beyond,” said Administrator Bill Nelson. The … Read more
What is gravity without mass? Both Newton’s revolutionary laws describing its universal effect and Einstein’s proposal of a dimpled space-time have led us to think of gravity as falling solely within the domain of matter. Now a wild new study suggests that gravity can exist without mass, easily eliminating the need for one of the … Read more
The possibility of a lake of liquid water buried beneath Mars’ southern ice cap has been cast in doubt by new computer simulations, which suggest that densely packed ice layers could produce the same radar reflections as liquid water. In 2018, the European Space Agency Mars Express orbiter used its MARSIS (Mars Advanced Radar for … Read more
For centuries, scientists have grappled with the fundamental forces that govern our universe, the most important of which are gravity and, more recently, dark matter. Gravity is the invisible force that pulls objects of mass together and plays a crucial role in shaping the cosmos, from the formation of galaxies to the orbits of planets. … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Credit: CC0 Public domain × close to Credit: CC0 Public domain Dark matter is a hypothetical form of matter implied by gravitational effects that cannot be explained by general relativity unless there is more matter in the universe than we … Read more
There was a huge queue outside Birmingham Airport this morning, leaving holidaymakers furious. Passengers scheduled to fly from BHX found themselves queuing outside the check-in areas before even reaching the security hall. Holidaymakers took to social media to express their frustrations. One person described the airport as a “carnage”, while another said the size of … Read more